Gloucester St Catherine is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Kingsholm St Catherine, St Catherine Kingsholm, and Longford St Catherine.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1687
Nonconformists include: Plymouth Brethren and Protestant Dissenters.
Parishes adjacent to Gloucester St Catherine
- Gloucester St Mary de Crypt with All Saints and St Owen
- Gloucester St Nicholas
Historical Descriptions
St Catherine
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CATHERINE (St.), a village and a parish in the district and county of Gloucester. The village is suburban to Gloucester city, within the borough, on its north side. Pop., 1,270. Houses, 233. The parish includes also the hamlets of Kingsholm and Longford; the former within the borough, the latter not. Acres, 200. Pop., 2,478. Houses, 430. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £34. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Longford St Catherine
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Longford (St. Catherine), 1½ m. Gloucester. P. 170
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1848
Longford, a hamlet in the parish of St. Catherine, county of Gloucester. Acres 200. Houses 30. A. P., including Longford St. Mary’s, £2,652. Pop., in 1801, 84; in 1831, 160.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1848.
Kingsholme
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Kingsholme, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Gloucester (104) adjacent. Pop. with Pa.
A hamlet, partly in the parish of St. Catherine, and partly in the parish of St. Mary-de-Load and middle division of the hundred of Dudstone and King’s Barton.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Poll Books
Longford St Catherine Poll Book 1834 – Google Books
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Gloucester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Gloucester
- Poor Law Union: Gloucester
- Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton; Gloucester City
- Province: Canterbury